Jan 27, 2012 - Sommerville County Heritage Center to Host Texas Film Round-Up in Glen Rose

The Somervell County Heritage Center brings the Texas Film Round-Up to Glen Rose to provide residents with free digitization services for their Texas-related films and videos. Materials may be dropped off at the center from February 6 - 17, weekdays from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The center will also be open Saturday, February 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for film and video contributions. A project of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) and the Texas Film Commission (TFC), the Film Round-Up accepts home movies, educational films, advertisements, local television, and other films in the hopes of preserving Texas' media heritage.

To qualify for free digitization, participants must be willing to donate a digital copy of their materials to TAMI's video library: www.texasarchive.org.Original films and videos will be returned to contributors after digitization- along with two DVD copies (or digital files) and information about safe media storage. Loan and Use Agreements can be filled out on-site at Somervell County Heritage Center.

Winner of the 2010 American Association of State and Local History's Leadership in History Award of Merit and WOW Award, the Texas Film Round-Up has provided for the free digitization of more than 7,000 films in the last three years. A selection of those films is available for free viewing at www.texasarchive.org.

TAMI is an independent non-profit organization founded in 2002 to discover, preserve and make accessible, and serve community interest in Texas' moving image heritage. More information on the TAMI can be found at www.texasfilmroundup.org or by contacting (512) 485-3073 or .